Trump Called NBC’s Chuck Todd a "Son of a Bitch"

A rally in Moon Township, Pennsylvania found President Trump in rare form on Saturday. During his 75-minute speech, Trump managed to demean the intelligence of Congresswoman Maxine Waters, endorse the death penalty for drug dealers, and call journalist Chuck Todd a "son of a bitch."

Trump was in Pennsylvania stumping for Republican congressional candidate Rick Saccone, who’s currently trailing his Democratic challenger Conor Lamb in a district that Trump overwhelmingly won in 2016. The President also debuted his own 2020 campaign slogan (“Keep America Great”), and his performance suggests that we can expect more of his off-the-cuff, vulgarity-laden rally style during his re-election campaign.

Trump described talking to international leaders about how they’ve curbed substance abuse in their nations. "I said, 'How are you doing on drugs?'" said Trump, of a conversation with the President of Singapore. "'No problem.' I said, 'What do you mean, no problem?'"

"'We have a zero tolerance policy...if we catch a drug dealer, death penalty.' And they don’t have a problem."

Trump has supported the idea of executing drug dealers before, and The Washington Postreports that his administration is studying the policy options for allowing prosecutors to treat serious drug dealing offenses as capital crimes.

During an anecdote about a 1999 appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, Trump took a detour specifically to call the show’s current host, Chuck Todd, a "sleeping son of a bitch."

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